Actor James Doohan played the Chief Engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the television series Star

Trek. He died in 2005 but recently his remains made a short visit to space. Doohan was one of the
increasing number of people to request a Post Cremation Memorial Space Flight and in this programme,
we find out a little bit more about this service which sends the ashes of the dead into space, the final
frontier.

1: When was the first series of Star Trek screened?

2: How did NASA commemorate the Star Trek series?
3: Which other person connected with Star Trek had his remains sent into space?
4: Gordon Cooper's remains were also sent into space. Who was he?

Vocabulary from the programme

the final frontier

the last unexplored area - space. The phrase was used at the beginning of each Star Trek episode.

iconic
very famous, well known and respected

in its infancy
a new thing

catching on
becoming popular

NASA
acronym for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the government organisation
responsible for the space programme in the US

cremation
the burning of the body of someone who has died. After cremation what is left is called the person's
'ashes'.

remains
the ashes or body of somebody who has died

a will
the legal document in which people write what should happen to their money, possessions and remains
after they have died

a growth industry
a new business which is getting bigger and becoming more popular

an unmanned rocket
a rocket which does not have any crew, there are no (living) people on it